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BEDCOVER WITH POCKET Filed Nov. 8, 1951 4. a Sheets-Sheet 1 GLENN H.SIMPSON, INVENTOR;

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BEDCOVER WITH POCKET Filed Nov. 8, 1951, 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 GLENN HSIMPSON,

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ATTORNEYS Patented May 25, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Glenn HenrySimpson, Spray, 'N. -C., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Fieldcr'estMills, Inc., 'a

corporation of Delaware Application November 8, 1951, Serial No. 255,375

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in bed clothing and moreespecially to such articles of bed clothing as blankets, sheets, covers,spreads, counterpanes, and the like, of the type which are placed inposition on or over the mattress of a bed and preferably over the lowersheet of a mattress of a bed and adapted to serve as a top sheet orcover of any of the above-named types.

It is an object of this invention to provide a top cover or bed clothingsuch as a sheet, cover and the like which may be easily placed on themattress and which has a pocket at the lower end thereof fitting overthe mattress with the lower side'of the pocket resting between themattress and bed springs disposed therebeneath, to thereby confine thepocket in position and this will eliminate tucking or inserting the footportion of the sheet or cover underneath the mattress and will lend to aquicker and easier and more neat make-up of the bed than by using theconventional top sheets or covers. With articles heretofore used,certain serious difliculties and disadvantages are met with andencountered in the resulting appearance of a bed make-up therewith andin the use of the bed when so made up.

One of the difiiculties which arises is that when the sides and lowerfoot portions of atop sheet are tuckedunderneath the lower end of themattress, there is puckering and an untidy appearance which causes thebed to present an appearance of bad make-up and this is overcome byproviding the pocket at the lower end of the top sheet.

I am aware that heretofore the patent to McWhorter No. 1,865,329 shows atop sheet in Figures 8 to 11, inclusive, which can be placed over thelower end of the mattress but this sheet allows no foot room and,therefore, would be impractical.

It is an object of this invention to provide a top sheet having a.pocket at the lower end thereof with the side walls of the pocket beingfrom one to two inches higher than the vertical height of the mattressso as to allow ample foot room when it is used.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objectswill appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an isometric view of atop sheet in position on a mattress and with the mattress resting on asuitabl bed spring, such as a box spring;

Figure 2 is an isometric view similar to Figure 1 but showing a persondisposed beneath the sheet and illustrating the amount of foot room 2which is present between the top sheet and the lower sheet which isdisposed on the mattress;

Figure 3 is an isometric view looking up at the lower portion of the topsheet and with the top portion thereof broken away for sake ofclearness;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view similar to Figure 3 but on an enlargedscale and looking down on the sheet and showing the construction of onecorner of the foot portion or" the top sheet;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken fromsubstantially alongthe line 5-5 in Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 but showing the position of thetop sheet when occupied by a person and being taken substantially alongthe line 6-6 in Figure 2;

Figure 7 is a sectional View taken along the line 1-1 in Figure 4;

Figure 8 is a View showing a rectangular piece of cloth which is adaptedto be folded to form a triangular gusset to be disposed between thecorner portions of the sheet;

Figure 9 is a top plan view looking down on a blank before it is seamedtogether to form the sheet;

Figure 10 is a transverse sectional view through one side of th mattresstaken along the line Ill-l0 in Figure 1, and showing the positionoccupied by the top sheet thereon when not occupied by a sleeper;

Figure 11 is a transverse sectional view of the right-hand portion of amattress with a top sheet thereon taken along the line ll-l l in Figure2, and showing the position of the lower or foot portion of the topsheet when an occupant is disposed between the top sheet and themattress.

The mattress is shown in phantom lines throughout the drawings forpurposes of clarity.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the numeral l0 indicatesthe body portion of a top sheet having sid portions H and I2 which arecut away along the lines It, It, l5 and It at each side thereof to forma centrally disposed longitudinally extending portion i1 providing afoot wall l8 and a foot wall tab IS, the lines of out being identical onboth sides of the sheet and like reference characters will applythereto.

Some of the material which is cut away by the formation of the lines l4,l5 and It can be used and from which a rectangular piece of material 2|(Figure 8) can be out and folded along the line 22 to form cornergussets to be disposed as will hereinafter be explained.

The lines l4 and I5 define flaps at each edge of the longitudinallyextending portion 11. It is to be noted that the height of the edges I5and I6 is substantially greater than the height of the mattress M,preferably from one to two inches so as to allow foot room between thetop sheet and the lower end of the mattress and to prevent cramping ofthe feet between the mattress and the pocket portion of the top sheet.Also, the angle between edges l5 and It is more than 90 degrees so thata line of fold 23 defining one end of the foot wall 18 has a greaterlength than a line of fold 24 defining the other end of the foot wall I8and separating the same from the foot Wall tab l9, to thus give morefoot room in the pocket.

After the blank has been out along the lines l3, l4, l5 and E6, theedges and it are conheated to each other by olverseaming and then theedges designated at Isa of the foot wall tab l9 are overseamed to theouter portions of the edges [4. These overseaming lines bear referencecharacters 25 and 28. When this is done, a triangular flap or gusset 2laformed from the rectangular piece of material 2! is overseanied to theedges i4 and the endmost edges of the foot wall tab it. The over-seamingbetween the triangular gusset Eict formed from the piece of material 2!are indicated at 2? and 28. After the gusset 2 la has been sewn inposition by overseaming as at 27 and 28, a binding strip 3%] is sewedover the outer edge of the gusset 2 la and all along the edge of thefoot Wall tab l?) and to the edges V It will be noted that due to thefact that the length of the lines it is substantially greater than theheight of the mattress, there will he a surplus of material in the topsheet and this wiil overlap at the foot as indicated at and at the sideportions as indicated at 3% on each side of the pocket. It will also beobserved that due to the fact that the overseaming presents a roughenededge, this tends to hold th pocket in position over the mattress. Alsothe foot wall tab 19 is confined between the mattress and the sprin s,indicated at S, which support th mattress, and these two featuresprevent accidental displacement of the pocket from over the lower end ofthe mattress and at the same time provide a comfortable, well formedpocket at the lower end of the top sheet so that it is only necessary tostraighten out the sheet and let it fall 4 downwardly on each side ofthe mattress and at the foot thereof in the making of a bed.

In the drawings and. specification, there has been set forth a preferredembodiment of the invention and although specific terms are employed,they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not forpurposes of limitation, the scope of the invention bein defined in theclaim.

I claim:

A covering for a mattress having a pocket for fitting over one end ofsaid mattress and providing room for the feet of a person lying on themattress; said covering including a central panel, side panels, an endpanel, and a bottom panel; said covering being formed from a rectangularblank cut away by two lines of out to form a notch at each corner of oneend of the blank; each of the lines of out being a continuous straightline and at their junction point forming an angle of more than the linesof cut defining the ends of the side panels being of substantially thesame length as the lines of out defining the ends of the end panel, thbottom panel havin one of its side edges integral with the outer sideedge of the end panel, and the bottom panel having its ends defined bylines of cut which are extensions of the lines of cut defining the endsof the end panel but extending parallel relation to each other and alsobeing parallel to the longitudinal center of the blank, the ends of theside panels and th ends of the end panels being secured together and theends of the bottom panel and the lower or outer edges of the side panelsbeing secured together to form the mattress receiving pocket; saidpocket having a top wall provided by a portion of the central panel,side walls, end wall and bottom wall; the bottom wall being of lessdimension transversely of the covering than the top wall of said pocket.

References Cited in the file or" this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSNumber Name Date 1,865,329 Mcl-Icrter June 28, 1932 2,162,755 ShaverJune 20, 1939 2,603,798 Crescenzi July 22, 1952 2,605,483 Ridenhour Aug.5, 1952

